Sentence examples for had been wide from inspiring English sources

There had been wide speculation recently that Queen Fabiola was pregnant, but no official announcement was made in Brussels.

The hospital went ahead and radiated the patient, only to discover later that the multileaf collimator had been wide open.

I therefore apologise to Palmer for implying that his interpretation of what happened had been wide of the mark.

After halftime, it switched to five midfielders and began to pressure the Americans, closing space that had been wide open.

When González's first effort had flown past him just before half-time, it did not matter that Madrid had been wide open or that it was a superb shot: the pitch rose once more.

In the credit markets for bonds, loans and credit derivatives, spreads that had been wide began to narrow (see chart).France Telecom now plans to reduce its debt by euro20 billion–30 billion by 2003, bringing its burden back to the levels before it bought Orange from Vodafone last year.

Andy Burnham, regarded as the leadership frontrunner before the surge in support for Mr Corbyn, said he did not believe there had been "wide-scale" infiltration.

After the crisis of 1907, there had been wide-ranging arguments on whether the United States should have a central bank, along the lines that already existed in some parts of Western Europe.

Both had been wide-eyed, street-smart, scorchingly ambitious starlets, abandoned by their fathers in infancy, convinced of the world's treachery, drawn to Reagan as a haven of goodness and strength, then frustrated to the point of despair by his reluctance to propose.

It was an indication that his social and intellectual horizons had been wider than hers.

The repercussions have been wide.